よとぎ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of よとぎ – see the following entry.
【夜伽】
[noun] [1658] watching over someone overnight while they sleep (such as done by a nurse or a bodyguard)
[noun] [1658] a person who watches over someone overnight
[noun] [1754–75] a woman accompanying a man in sleep
[noun] [1920] an overnight vigil (as part of a funeral)
[verb] [1658] to watch over someone overnight while they sleep
[verb] [1754–75] of a woman, to accompany a man in sleep
[verb] [1920] to hold an overnight vigil (as part of a funeral)
(This term, よとぎ (yotogi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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